Driven by a keen interest in Asia, I have lived in Seoul, where I studied Korean (on two Richard U. Light fellowships), and Hong Kong, where I interned at Time Asia. I have also reported from Taiwan, courtesy of a National Press Foundation fellowship.

I have a B.A. from Yale, where I graduated Phi Beta Kappa, and a M.S. in journalism from Columbia, where I was the recipient of a Pulitzer Traveling Fellowship.